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By Luke Runyon/KUNC
July 26, 2021
Visitors to Lake Powell unload non-motorized watercraft at Stateline boat ramp. Because the water level in the lake is now at a historic low, the ramp has been closed to all motorized boats. (Photo by Luke Runyon/KUNC)
Colorado River flows are falling and with “every drop in the river … being utilized,” there is nothing left to fill the reservoirs at Lake Powell and Lake Mead, which have dropped to historic low levels. (Photo by Luke Runyon/KUNC)
The nation’s second-largest reservoir, Lake Powell, is now at its lowest point since it filled in the 1960s.